S10 E2: Nurburgring '05 - Kimi's tyre nightmare

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Kimi Raikkonen's suspension failure on the final lap of the 2005 European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring is one of the iconic images of that season. On this episode of Bring Back V10s, Glenn Freeman is joined by Mark Hughes and Ben Anderson to look back at how close Raikkonen and McLaren came to hanging on in front of Fernando Alonso, and all the factors that led to Kimi nursing a badly flat-spotted tyre almost all the way to the finish. They also take a closer look at Ferrari's struggles that year, including a surprising admission from Michael Schumacher, plus the spat he was having with team-mate Rubens Barrichello coming out of the previous race in Monaco. There was tension elsewhere in the paddock as well, with Jacques Villeneuve in trouble with his boss Peter Sauber, and BMW denying rumours it was about to buy Sauber as its strained relationship with Williams was coming to an end. On track, BMW and Williams enjoyed a rare high spot with Nick Heidfeld claiming his only F1 pole and converting that into a podium, there was another tweak to the one-shot qualifying format, and BAR cheekily tried to replace its engines early on returning from a two-race ban. Plus - how David Coulthard threw away a potential first F1 podium for Red Bull, and Jarno Trulli's bizarre claim that he could have won this race! Want MORE BBV10s? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon and get bonus episodes, including the 1997 Revisited Series! Head to Patreon.com/therace Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:02.0	One of the defining moments from F1's single season where tire changes were outlawed in 2005, beyond the fast at Indianapolis, of course, has to be Kimmy Reichenen's badly flat-spotted
0:21.6	tire, causing his suspension to fail on the final lap of that year's European Grand
0:26.3	Prix at the Nuremberg Ring.
0:28.1	Not only did the spectacular failure cost Reikernan victory, but crucially it handed the 10 points
0:33.9	for the win over to championship leader Fernando Alonzo, giving Reichen and McLaren an even
0:39.4	bigger mountain to climb in a chase that would ultimately be unsuccessful. Beyond that drama,
0:45.6	this weekend was a rare bright spot for Williams and BMW as that relationship was coming to an
0:50.2	end, while a mistake from David Coulthard cost Red Bull what could have been its first
0:55.1	podium in F1.
0:56.7	Joining me, Glenn Freeman, to help us get into all of that and much, much more on Mark Hughes,
1:01.9	who was there that weekend at the Nureberg Ring, and Ben Anderson, who I assume wasn't.
1:07.0	Mark will come to you first.
1:09.6	Yeah, I didn't see Ben there.
1:11.3	Yeah, Ben wasn't.
1:11.9	No, I missed you, Tom.
1:12.8	Missed you, Mark.
1:13.4	Missed you there in that one.
1:15.6	Mark, given that the first thing that comes to mind is probably so obvious for this one,
1:19.3	was there anything else from that weekend that stands out for you all these years on?
1:23.7	Actually, I got a little foretest of that, Rikinan incident on Friday when I was a trackside.
1:32.3	I was down at the Ford, I think it's called the Ford curve, the turn 5 I think it is,
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